Cowden is greeted by well-wisher

Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

Cowden is greeted by a well-wisher after landing at Long Beach Airport. She said she was thrilled to be back in the cockpit of a P-51, thousands of which were built in Long Beach. At 89, she took her first paragliding trip and her second parachute jump.

Cowden is greeted by a well-wisher after landing at Long Beach Airport. She said she was thrilled to be back in the cockpit of a P-51, thousands of which were built in Long Beach. At 89, she took her first paragliding trip and her second parachute jump.